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1. Of a dull grayish brown to brownish gray color.
4. French artist who immigrated to the United States.
11. According to the Old Testament he was a pagan king of Israel and husband of Jezebel (9th century BC).
15. United States musician (born in Japan) who married John Lennon and collaborated with him on recordings (born in 1933).
16. Elinvar is a trademark for a kind of nickel-chromium steel used for watch springs because its elasticity is constant over a wide range of temperatures.
17. Pathetically lacking in force or effectiveness.
18. An appliance that allows an object (such as a ship's compass) to remain horizontal even as its support tips.
20. A person who travels through the water by swimming.
22. Praise, glorify, or honor.
23. United States poet of the beat generation (1926-1997).
24. Tropical woody herb with showy yellow flowers and flat pods.
26. A landlocked desert republic in north-central Africa.
27. A radioactive element of the actinide series.
33. Syncopated music in duple time for dancing the rumba.
36. An Arabic speaking person who lives in Arabia or North Africa.
37. A city in northern India.
39. A woman's close-fitting foundation garment.
40. The seventh month of the Moslem calendar.
42. A river in north central Switzerland that runs northeast into the Rhine.
43. Not in good physical or mental health.
44. Of or relating to or characteristic of the Republic of Chad or its people or language.
46. Hardy evergreen dioecious shrubs and small trees from Japan.
49. A member of an Athapaskan people that migrated to Arizona and New Mexico and Utah.
53. (Old Testament) The eldest son of Isaac who would have inherited the Covenant that God made with Abraham and that Abraham passed on to Isaac.
55. A tax on employees and employers that is used to fund the Social Security system.
56. English theoretical physicist who applied relativity theory to quantum mechanics and predicted the existence of antimatter and the positron (1902-1984).
58. Immediately past.
59. (classical architecture) A molding for a cornice.
62. Cubes of meat marinated and cooked on a skewer usually with vegetables.
64. The United Nations agency concerned with atomic energy.
68. A family of fish in the order Zeomorphi.
71. Tag the base runner to get him out.
73. A sweetened beverage of diluted fruit juice.
74. (biology) Relating to or produced by or containing bacilli.
77. The compass point midway between east and southeast.
78. A Chadic language spoken in northern Nigeria.
79. Informal or slang terms for mentally irregular.
80. A widely distributed system consisting of all the cells able to ingest bacteria or colloidal particles etc, except for certain white blood cells.
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1. Formerly the chief magistrate in the republics of Venice and Genoa.
2. A powerful operating system developed at the Bell Telephone Laboratories.
3. A member of a people who have no permanent home but move about according to the seasons.
4. The event of dying or departure from life.
5. (Norse mythology) One of the Aesir known for his beauty and skill with bow and skis.
6. (computer science) A kind of computer architecture that has a large number of instructions hard coded into the cpu chip.
7. A colorless explosive liquid that is volatile and poisonous and foul-smelling.
8. The eleventh month of the civil year.
9. One of the three prairie provinces in central Canada.
10. A proud stiff pompous gait.
11. A state in the southeastern United States on the Gulf of Mexico.
12. Treated with contempt.
13. (Roman mythology) God of love.
14. A large mass of ice floating at sea.
19. Unwisely talking too much.
21. Anterior pituitary hormone that stimulates the function of the thyroid gland.
25. The capacitance of a capacitor that has an equal and opposite charge of 1 coulomb on each plate and a voltage difference of 1 volt between the plates.
28. A short heavy curved sword with one edge.
29. God of death.
30. A pilgrimage to Mecca.
31. Relating to or characteristic of Arabs.
32. A percussion instrument consisting of a pair of hollow pieces of wood or bone (usually held between the thumb and fingers) that are made to click together (as by Spanish dancers) in rhythm with the dance.
34. Herbs and subshrubs.
35. United States writer (born in Poland) who wrote in Yiddish (1880-1957).
38. A benevolent aspect of Devi.
41. African tree having an exceedingly thick trunk and fruit that resembles a gourd and has an edible pulp called monkey bread.
45. A blind god.
47. The local time at the 0 meridian passing through Greenwich, England.
48. A cephalosporin that can be given parenterally (trade name Zinacef) or orally by tablets (trade name Ceftin).
50. Wild sheep of northern Africa.
51. An international organization of European countries formed after World War II to reduce trade barriers and increase cooperation among its members.
52. Possible to sell.
54. Used of locations.
57. A state in northwestern North America.
60. The capital and largest city of Japan.
61. Dignified manner or conduct.
63. One of several parallel sloping beams that support a roof.
65. Report or maintain.
66. Freedom from difficulty or hardship or effort.
67. (Greek mythology) Greek god of war.
69. The elementary stages of any subject (usually plural).
70. The sense organ for hearing and equilibrium.
72. The bureau of the Treasury Department responsible for tax collections.
75. A white metallic element that burns with a brilliant light.
76. A colorless and odorless inert gas.
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